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Tracking proteins provides an insight into brain diseases

Scientists can now track proteins that are behaving badly in cases of brain disease.

From the archives: Test-tube babies

The first test-tube baby, Louise Joy Brown, was born in 1978.

Exercise changes your DNA

You could change your DNA through exercise and coffee consumption.

Enzyme plays hide and seek

Plasminogen’s unstable behaviour is the key to plasmin generation.

Depression: an evolutionary by-product of the immune system

Depression may have been a genetic evolutionary advantage.

Shakespeare was right: rosemary improves your memory

Rosemary improves cognitive performance and enhances long-term memory in up to 15 per cent.

Do pacemakers work even after death?

The pacemaker does not take over from the heart; it merely helps to regulate the sequence and timing of your heartbeat.

Battle of the blood suckers

A new genus of bat fly has been discovered entombed in amber.

Can humans sneeze while sleeping?

We don’t sneeze when we are sleeping, thanks to our brains and our location.

Sweet, sweet medicine

Sweet news for those looking for an alternative to customary medicinal antibiotics. Honey, an ancient remedy for the treatment of infected wounds, has recently been rediscovered by the medical community.

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